pet
/pɛt/ verb C2- To stroke or fondle (an animal). · I really love to pet cute puppies.
- To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. · We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
- To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet.
- To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge. · His daughter was petted and spoiled.
He/she/it pets · Past petted · Past participle petted · -ing form petting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pet
- He/she/it
- pets
- Past
- petted
- Past participle
- petted
- -ing form
- petting
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Poor Mortimer will never see his pet again.
Sometimes Bagheera the Black Panther would come lounging through the jungle to see how his pet was getting on, and would purr with his head against a tree while Mowgli recited the day’s lesson to Baloo.
She said Malcolm told Susan that his dad had given him the farm in his own name and then said, ‘What do you say, darling pet, if we get hitched this fall?
Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet: “Dinah’s our cat.
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